The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.
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Does anything eat flowers. I couldn't recall having seen anything eat a flower are they nature's privileged pets.
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